Modesty Blaise Quarterly
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Modesty Blaise Quarterly was a small press
magazine sized comic book
published by Manuscript Press
which reprinted Modesty Blaise
comic strip
stories by Peter O'Donnell
illustrated by the artists Jim Holdaway
(JH), Enrique Badia Romero
(ER), John M. Burns (JB), Patrick Wright (PW), Neville Colvin (NC). It ran 25 issues between 1995 and 2000. With issue 23, all the MB stories had been reprinted, so the contents of the last two issues was decided by reader vote. Issue 24 carried "The Galley Slaves" and 25 reprinted "Butch Cassidy Rides Again".
Under the title "Comics Revue Presents Modesty Blaise", the issues were as follows :
Small press
Small press is a term often used to describe publishers with annual sales below a certain level. Commonly, in the United States, this is set at $50 million, after returns and discounts...
magazine sized comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
published by Manuscript Press
Manuscript Press
Manuscript Press is a small press publisher started by Rick Norwood in 1976 and currently located in Mountain Home, Tennessee. It specializes in previously unpublished novels by science fiction authors such as Hal Clement and R. A. Lafferty and also in reprints of comic strips such as Prince...
which reprinted Modesty Blaise
Modesty Blaise
Modesty Blaise is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows the adventures of Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin...
comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
stories by Peter O'Donnell
Peter O'Donnell
Peter O'Donnell was a British writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise, a female action hero/undercover trouble-shooter/enforcer...
illustrated by the artists Jim Holdaway
Jim Holdaway
Jim Holdaway was a British illustrator, who was famous for his illustrations of numerous comic strips. His most famous contributions was to the Modesty Blaise comics written by Peter O'Donnell.-Art career:...
(JH), Enrique Badia Romero
Enrique Badia Romero
Enrique Badía Romero is a Spanish comics artist, best known to English-speaking audiences for his work on Modesty Blaise...
(ER), John M. Burns (JB), Patrick Wright (PW), Neville Colvin (NC). It ran 25 issues between 1995 and 2000. With issue 23, all the MB stories had been reprinted, so the contents of the last two issues was decided by reader vote. Issue 24 carried "The Galley Slaves" and 25 reprinted "Butch Cassidy Rides Again".
Under the title "Comics Revue Presents Modesty Blaise", the issues were as follows :
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| Series # | Title | Story # | Artist | Strip numbers | Number of strips | Dates of original publication of strip | |
| 1 | Butch Cassidy Rides Again | 61 | ER | 6520-6624A | 126 (105+21A) | 1986-09-16 - 1987-02-12 | |
| 2 | The Gallows Bird | 26 | ER | 2971-3077 | 107 | 1973-01-08 - 1973-05-12 | |
| 3 | "Take Me to Your Leader" | 29 | ER | 3310-3428 | 119 | 1974-02-11 - 1974-07-01 | |
| 4 | Highland Witch | 30 | ER | 3429-3548 | 120 | 1974-07-02 - 1974-11-16 | |
| 5 | Cry Wolf | 31 | ER | 3549-3638A | 106 (90+16A) | 1974-11-18 - 1975-03-25 | |
| 6 | The Reluctant Chaperon | 32 | ER | 3639-3737 | 120 (99+21A) | 1975-03-26 - 1975-08-14 | |
| 7 | The Greenwood Maid | 33 | ER | 3738-3829A | 111 (92+19A) | 1975-08-15 - 1976-01-02 | |
| 8 | Those About to Die | 34 | ER | 3830-3931A | 123 (102+21A) | 1976-01-05 - 1976-05-28 | |
| 9 | The Junk Men | 37 | ER | 4142-4241A | 120 (100+20A) | 1977-03-29 - 1977-08-19 | |
| 10 | The Inca Trail | 35 | ER | 3932-4031A | 120 (100+20A) | 1976-06-01 - 1976-10-20 | |
| 11 | The Vanishing Dollybirds | 36 | ER | 4032-4141A | 132 (110+22A) | 1976-10-21 - 1977-03-28 | |
| 12 | Death Trap | 38 | ER | 4242-4341A | 120 (100+20A) | 1977-08-22 - 1978-01-20 | |
| 13 | Idaho George | 39 | ER | 4342-4447A | 126 (106+20A) | 1978-01-23 - 1978-06-16 | |
| 14 | The Golden Frog | 40 | ER | 4448-4542A | 114 (95+19A) | 1978-06-19 - 1978-10-31 | |
| 15 | Green Cobra | 42 | JB | 4648-4737A | 108 (90+18A) | 1979-04-02 - 1979-08-10 | |
| 16 | Yellowstone Booty | 41 | JB | 4543-4647A | 126 (105+21A) | 1978-11-01 - 1979-03-30 | |
| 17 | Eve and Adam | 43 | JB PW |
4738-4767A 4768-4837A |
120 (100+20A) | 1979-08-13 - 1979-11-24 1979-11-25 - 1980-01-04 |
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| 18 | Brethren of Blaise | 44 | PW | 4838-4932A | 114 (95+19A) | 1980-01-07 - 1980-05-23 | |
| 19 | Dossier on Pluto | 45 | NC | 4933-5032A | 120 (100+20A) | 1980-05-27 - 1980-10-14 | |
| 20 | The Wild Boar | 58 | NC | 6215-6314A | 120 (100+20A) | 1985-07-03 - 1985-11-20 | |
| 21 | Kali's Disciples | 59 | NC | 6315-6414A | 120 (100+20A) | 1985-11-21 - 1986-05-16 | |
| 22 | The Double Agent | 60 | NC | 6515-6519A | 126 (105+21A) | 1986-05-17 - 1986-09-15 | |
| 23 | The Vampire of Malvescu | 63 | ER | 6725-6829A | 126 (105+21A) | 1987-07-09 - 1987-12-03 | |
| 24 | The Galley Slaves | 14 | JH | 1575-1629 1630A-1688 |
115 (114+1A) | 1968-05-27 - 1968-08-06 1968-09-11 - 1968-11-16 |
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| 25 | Butch Cassidy Rides Again | 61 | ER | 6520-6624A | 126 (105+21A) | 1986-09-16 - 1987-02-12 | |